Corner Gas

This is one of the best Corner Gas episodes ever. It is hilariously funny and the Canada AM idea was genius! Stephen Harpers appearance was hilarious. Seriously go to CTV.ca and watch this episode now. The ending surprised the crap outta me, and it wrapped up a great season. Corner Gas just keeps chuggin along.

Season 4 of corner gas is so far the best season yet. From the gopher problem. To having the best guest stars including Steven Harper (Our current prime minister), to Bev Thompson and seamus oreagon from CTV's Canada AM. Before this episode started CTV started a rumour that made it seem like this hit show was about to go off air. The show started out with a mayor race. Fitizy the current mayor of the town and the only one running is worried about losing. So he starts the fitizy challenge that allows citizens to input their ideas to him so Dog river is put on the map.

This gets out of control however and makes the unthinkable happen to this town. The question for those who haven't seen the episode is will the town return back to normal? you'll just have to watch and see.

Well Corner gas did a really great job with this season finale. In the previews it showed lacey leaving Dog river and Brent sold corner gas. but i knew it and probably everyone else knew that wasn't really going to happen. This episode was one of the funniest ever they even got our prime minister Steven Harper in the episode which was pretty funny. Even though i knew none of what I saw in the preview wasn't going to happen the ending still took me by surprise. This was a very great episode and I can't wait until season 5. Later...

Oh Corner Gas! Why is it you frustrate me so!



In truth, this was a great episode. It lost major points with me for the ending, but let's start with the positives. This episode was hilarious. From the Fitzy campaign, to Hank's gopher - sorry, prairie dog idea, to Seamie and Bev, to Emma's crazy casino promise (they knew what they weren't getting! haha!), to Stephen Harper blaming the previous Liberal government, it had me laughing for the first 25 minutes. Only in Canada would the leader of the country make a cameo in a primetime sitcom! But I labelled this episode as 'nothing happened', because outside of Hank's daydream sequence, nothing actually did happen. Which has always been a point of frustration of mine with Corner Gas. Why are they so afraid to do anything that remotely resembles character development? I think there's not a lot going on. It's like we watch a new Brent Butt standup routine every week. Don't get me wrong, the show is really funny, but I appreciate so much more the shows that dare to go somewhere with their characters.



Why couldn't something happen between Brent and Lacey when they went to the Grey Cup? OK, the show was young then, and they weren't too sure how long they'd be on the air, so they didn't want to open that potential can of worms. I'll forgive them for that. But now the show has been on for four seasons. They can afford to take some risks, because they know they'll be on the air pretty much for as long as they want to be.



It's not like they have to make major changes. Why couldn't Emma be the new mayor? Why couldn't Karen become the 'head cop' (or whatever they called her). Why couldn't Brent sell Corner Gas, even for just an episode or two, or Lacey move back to Toronto, even for just an episode or two? I'm not saying these changes can't have a quick fix somewhere down the line. Just give us something different, and something that will allow us to get to know these characters a little bit more. I'm sure if Lacey were to move back to Toronto, Brent and the gang would be sick with sadness. I was looking forward to seeing how the writers would deal with that in the new season. But instead, they take the easy way out. It was all a dream sequence? Give me a break!



But I guess it is just a sitcom, and it had me laughing. That's why I'll continue to watch Corner Gas, but for me, it will never be one of those shows that I remember as being brilliant.